A Pakistani police officer stands guard as Afghan refugees living on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan offer Eid al-Adha prayers, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha or the Feast of the Sacrifice. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan 
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives Monday as a former government official greeted others outside a mosque in northwestern Pakistan on an important Islamic holiday, killing the official and his guard, police said.

Malik Hanif Khan Jadoon had just finished morning prayers celebrating Eid-al-Adha at the mosque in Swabi district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province when the attack occurred, said Ijaz Khan, a senior local police officer. Jadoon and his guard were killed and nine others were wounded, including the former official's son, said Khan.

Jadoon used to be a senior official in Swabi and was a member of the Awami National Party, a Pashtun nationalist party whose members have often been targeted by the Pakistani Taliban.

There has been no claim of responsibility yet for Monday's attack.

The Pakistani Taliban is also predominantly made up of Pashtuns, but they resent the secular Awami National Party, which is the ruling party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The party has opposed the spread of the Taliban in the province and supported military operations against them.